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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Will SaveDade have a new mission: get rid of Lynda Bell? ... by gimleteye

Old adversaries, the gay rights group SAVE Dade, and The Christian Family Coalition are sparring over county commissioner Lynda Bell's successful effort to throttle a law that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender or identity.

Eye On Miami has often lamented Bell's rise in District 8, replacing the most progressive member of the county commission for more than a decade, Katy Sorenson.

The damage commissioner Bell has done to human rights parallels her impacts on environmental regulations. But environmentalists are poorly organized on matters of politics. SAVE Dade, on the other hand, has been a proven political organization. The group is adept at countering the radical right in Florida's politically influential and most populous county. The Christian Family Coalition is a throw-back to the good old, bad days.

If SAVE Dade and its supporters are sufficiently engaged and angered by Commissioner Bell, it could target an out-of-tune politician for removal at the polls. SAVE Dade's engagement against Bell would would be very good news indeed.

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Hopefully, this will be the beginning of her end as a Commissioner just like her riding in front of a Confederate flag in a Homestead parade was the lynchpin that lead to her defeat as Mayor. In the bigger picture beyond the issue at hand, this demonstrates once again her extreme and unyielding intolerance for anything or anyone contrary to her thoughts or political or religious philosophy or agenda. Interestingly, though, despite the fact that many in Homestead derogatorily believe she has a big set of brass balls tucked in those too tight polyester pants she normally wears, she does not have the 'nads to come out and say something to the effect of I don't approve or agree with the gay or transgender lifestyle and will do anything in my power, publicly and privately, to stop any recognition or protection for those who are. Instead she blithers on about being only one vote among 13 but she conveniently ignores her role in the committee meeting. (BTW, Madame Vice-chair, what does your sister think of your anti-gay stands?) I for one hope that those sympathetic to the stand of SAVE Dade will first get involved in helping the people of Homestead see the light about Bell and defeat her sock puppet husband in his quest to regain the Mayorship of Homesteadfor her highness.

Jeff Porter also running for mayor of Homestead lined the Sons of Confederacy up in the Veterans Day Parade and Lynda Bell was directly behind this group which she denied yet everyone on the parade route saw her. SAVE DADE SAVE ALL OF US FROM THIS OUTDATED DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS. GET RID OF BELL VOTE HER OUT.

It's amazing in this day an age, when a County Commissioner & a fringe freak show on the right (CFC) are somehow holier & more religious then the Pope. Tolerance must have walked out the door with this commission as well. I thank the sponsors and have to wonder what kind of "House of Cards" horse trading was going on behind the scenes. SAVE Dade, needs to really, truly save Dade by helping us rid the BCC of Lynda Bell!

“I have yet to find on a Vatican identity card the word ‘gay,’” he said. “They say there are some gay people here. I think that when we encounter a gay person, we must make the distinction between the fact of a person being gay and the fact of a lobby, because lobbies are not good. They are bad. If a person is gay and seeks the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge that person?”

Bell is a right-wing whack-job that is completely out of step with her district. She does not represent the voters of her district and only pursues her bizarre agenda: pink slime, front-yard chain link fences, anti-gay legislation, etc. She is the mother of the Confederate Flag.

We must organize a grassroots campaign and rid ourselves of this disease.

There's an election in November 2014. A group should start working on recruiting a candidate to run against her. Even though Gene Flinn is an EOM favorite, his time has passed. He ran a crappy campaign in 2010 and let himself get taken to the woodshed. If the progressive community wants to get rid of her, find someone better who can raise about $250,000 in campaign funds, who can reach out to the different parts of the community. If you can't, or won't, stop bitching about it. I live in District 8. I vote here. Most of you who are upset with Bell don't. If you're not willing to put your money where you mouths are, by donating the maximum allowable amout permitted by law, STFU!

Quotes hall of fame - worth another look:

Jonathon Dunlop of Australia about the Miami Airport:"This is the most disorganized shambles of an airport that exists on this earth.''April 01, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment on Post__________________________________On "Colony Collapse Disorder":Anonymous said...I say lets wait till the last tree is going to be cut down, the last bit of oil used, the last lowland coastal areas flooded before we make any rash decisions that might effect the economy.April 21, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On Bee “Colony Collapse Disorder” being blamed on cell phones:Anonymous said...Hmmm. What are bees doing with cell phones, anyhow?April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On South Florida Water Supply:Ron Littlepage said...Unfortunately, we know who would win when it comes to allowing development to run amok and it's not the wildlife.April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment Post_________________________________Lesley Blackner said:In Florida, the sad reality is that government exists to serve the development machine, not the citizenry. That's why it's proper to say that in Florida we have government of the developer, by the developer and for the developer.April 22, 2007 Eye on Miami Post_________________________________On City of Miami and Miami Dade County giving $1,000,000 each to Jorge Perez’s Related Group (The Group's 2005 revenues were $3.25 billion.):"It makes as much sense as me donating half my paycheck to Warren Buffett.”May 6, 2007 Miami Herald Columnist Ana Menendez_________________________________On the FCAT Test:"'Florida is a serial mis-user of test scores.''Bob Schaeffer, director for Massachusetts-based FairTest.May 25, 2007 Miami Herald_________________________________Clifford Schulman (Greenberg Traurig Lobbyist):"This is the first time in 33 years that any one has accused me of fraud." June 28, 2007 Miami HeraldI say: hmm.__________________________________Max Rameau, Homeless Activist:"I respect Ron Book for his work with the Homeless Trust, but the Liberty City community and others have given broad support to this idea. I don't know that a big-time millionaire lobbyist can tell us what is best for Liberty City and the black community.'' July 28, 2007 Miami Herald__________________________________"After years of mismanagement under a board of political appointees and neighborhood activists, Miami-Dade County administrators have proposed a new way to run the troubled empowerment zone program. The plan: Bring in new political appointees and neighborhood activists."November 6, 2007 Miami Herald: Reporter Scott Hiaasen______________________________________"Saying "Greater Everglades" and "Northern Everglades" is not saying Everglades -- other places are deserving of being protected too, but there is only one Everglades. The main thing is to keep the 'Main Thing' the main thing -- which, lately, has not been the main thing." Bob Mooney - on Listserve "Everglades Commons"________________________________________"Does anyone in their right mind believe that Florida could conduct postal balloting without a major screw-up or scandal? Heavens, no! The whole country is keenly aware that our state is a sump hole of incompetence and corruption."Carl Hiaasen - March 16, 2008 Miami Herald_______________________________________On the Charter Review: "Commissioners want us to vote on their own pet changes, ideas the review team explicitly rejected. And, they're throwing their blatantly self-serving ballot questions at us at the same time. What a slap in the face to the charter review team — and to all of us!" Michael Lewis of Miami Today - April 10, 2008______________________________________On the Miami Dade County Commission:''Unfortunately, this is a commission that would build a cyanide factory next to a playground if you hired the right 12 lobbyists,'' Miami Lakes Councilman Michael Pizzi - May 14, 2008______________________________________"The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that’s not a smart way to build communities." President Barack Obama in Fort Meyers - February 10, 2009______________________________________"So."Dick Cheney's response when told that two thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. - Time Magazine 2008______________________________________"It seems like a bad idea can always find a home in the Florida Legislature." - Howard Simon - Executive Director of Florida ACLU - March 24, 2010

______________________________________Complete this sentence: South Florida really needs a..."Regional plan for controlled growth (before it becomes a concrete jungle similar to Houston), and a completely new set of elected officials that make decisions based on what's good for the future of South Florida instead of what's good for their wallets. - Jack McCabe, Real Estate expert who predicted the housing boom's end. - August 29, 2011 Miami Herald